World of Warcraft®

‘I have leveled from 1-85 in cata on my Goblin mage, I have played high level on Lock 70, Dk tank and SP at 80, and mage 85 now. Although i am still really a new mage, i just wanted to say i am really enjoying it. Along side all the people d…’

‘Hey, first off im gonna say this is INCREDIBLY situational, but it will give you an extra boos on HC Atramedes. (If needed only...) During my guilds 5minute break, i decided to respec to a fire spec without all the AoE talents, and splash a…’

‘Im sick of the slowass casting time on sheep. Its nearly impossible to sheep a good healer and its almost useless to sheep anything else since it gets dispelled with one click. And i know it becomes out of hand with veins up and haste stack…’

‘did u ever found urself locked for 15 sec bcuz of the ridiculous amount of freezes and slows frost mage's? ofc ud did cuz they get 2 freeze u like 5 times then, preparation and do it again, and ofc lovely ice lance spam from all direction w…’

‘how can MAGE sheep one target like 5 times in one arena?! Its just sick! its like i can sheep all night, he will never be immune !! -.- why can't it be like '' sheep 3 times then immune!! -.- or is it hard in hell to kill mage / R-M-P ...’

‘found this out last night in to4w: 1. cast slow fall on raid members about to enter the jump pod on conclave of the wind 2. listen to vent’

‘So im wondering should i remove my invocation and put the talent points on burning soul really cant figure out which one is better for PVP. Invocation 10% dmg buff very nice but if u lose ur whole casting when they are on ur ass its useless…’

‘HeyHey, Need some help to decide what trinkets I should use atm I got Gale of Shadows (HC), Vibrant Alchemist Stone and Sorrowsong (hc) Any help would be great :)’

‘I found my DPS kinda low correlate to my gear. Im almost full epic, 359 average ilvl, but i do around 13-14k on a target dummy selfbuffed, and 14-15 raidbuffed. Somebody told me that i need haste until i dont reach the 4set bonus from t11, …’

‘My friend is playing a fire mage and you has recently bought the volcano darkmoon card, originally he had the Stump of Time, and Heart of ignacious, having the darkmoon card and Stump of time gives him 17% hit, although personally I think t…’

‘Which do people usally take and why. Imp Blink you get on comman speed boost to get a little extra distance after blinking and hopefully get a cast off Blazing Speed you get impact and an RNG speed boost and root breaker’

‘...sheep gets broken by Molten Armor? I mean how can a mob hit me AFTER he becomes a sheep? Farson Hold, Tol Barad: twice in a row I got "Sheep broken by Molten Armor". How is this possible?’

‘Can't it just be some utility spell? I mean its horrible on lower levels in BGs. 2shots stuff. Well under the 80 brackets. Or maybe above too? Idk. How about it refreshing slow effects? And maybe mark target as frozen? (So shatter is activa…’

‘Which non arcane spell, should I consider using in a PvP fight? At the moment I only use frost nova and occasionally fire blast. Any other useful frost or fire spells I should keep on my bar? Does anybody use ice lances?’

‘I've been playing the arcane mage the moment I first stepped foot in hellfire a long time ago and I absolutely loved the idea behind it, arcane was an unique magic and when I first read the patch notes about arcane being the 'time manipulat…’

‘...for pvp. Improved Scorch talent replaced with: Scorch's Chill Each time you deal damage with Scorch, the target becomes vulnerable to your Fire Blast, Blaswave, Dragon's Breath and Combustion spells by X%. Stacks up to 5 times. Why? - In…’

‘Hi, I was wondering what the best approach is to handling the situation where your target is frozen and you have Fingers of Frost up. I was initially using Ice Lance then realised that I'm surely wasting a FoF charge - so, I've changed to u…’

‘Please rip this char to shreds. I am totally outdated to the point of durr. I'm not looking for a total guide, just 3 points or so that will make it more competitive (that are achievable with current equip/not insane amounts of effort).’

‘I have a target in focus , and I want a macro that will stop all cast when that targets adds a debuff (I can do this with power aura or so) and cast spellsteal on focus , but I don't change my main target , because I must watch to cast inte…’

‘ive not really done raids yet so ofc talking about my dps in HCs though i know some you more elite player wont care as much about dps in HC :) compared to raids but then if i have low dps in HCs then chances are im gonna have low dps once i…’

‘Blizzard said fire and frost dont do enough damage but i see no fire buff in the patch notes? why is this’

‘My Mage main is one of 4 Fire Mages in the guild. We run 25-man and typically all four of us are there. Consistently my DPS is way below the other three, despite fairly similar gear. And it's WAY below. Eg I do 12k, they do 15k. We have ana…’

‘Impact is a stun, which can interrupt spells. Invocation is a buff gained after interrupting a spell, so why don't i get the buff after i interrupt with Impact? I can't ask for a mage boost such as this but at least specify in the talent na…’

‘My arcane mage is currently only in her mid-20s but I'm noticing that no matter what I try my damage compared to others in 5 mans is poor, coming in last or next to last in damage done and DPS. I have no BoA items but even against other pla…’

‘Invocation: You gain 10% bonus damage after succesfully interrupting a spell. Arcane Torrent: Silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec and restores 6% of your Mana. Non-player victim spellcasting is also interrupted for 3 sec. However w…’

‘Hi all, Is it just me or AB on ptr has actually been stealth nerfed? Says 13% increase in dmg on notes, but my tooltip numbers are now significantly lower, while AM and ABarr have received it seems a negligible increase on base dmg.’

‘Heyyo. In WoW years I would soon be turning into a raisin, so I offer up some of my delicious knowledge in exchange for a good staff! WAT ?! Yes I am slightly under the influence of sugar, too much cake has been consumed, and while the feas…’

‘Heya I've got something that I've been wondering for the past few days. Would it be beneficial for us firemages if instead of spreading our fire-based DoTs when we have an Impact-proc we could possibly be spreading it whenever we use Blastw…’

‘/petattack /wirken Frostblitz /petattack BRICHT (weiß der Kuckuck wieso) bei mehrmaligen Drücken den Ele-Zauber AB. Schlimmstenfalls (wenn es hektisch wird) schiesst es gar net mehr. hilfe... danke :)’

‘Just throwing out some ideas, although we'll probably never see it. Combustion: When dispelled instantly deals XX% (maybe like 40%) of the total combustion dot to the dispeller. like if combustion ticks for a total of 40k, it would deal 40%…’

‘Hi All im a 73 mage (i know my avatar is my lock) and have recently come back after 18 months away from the game. I have noticed that a lot of things regarding spells etc have changed. Can anyone point me in the direction of some comprehens…’

‘I sit and play WoW in my living room on a laptop. This is what my housemate says I sound like whilst I play: I got him in deep He's in my ring He's full sheep now That's my ring down there Going on him hard now Hit it like you mean it He go…’

‘We can all notice that Blizzard is trying to bring up Arcane with all the buffs to a more viable state - AOE wise. However, how about the following suggestion which I believe will go a long way into improving Arcane AE. Arcane Blast stacks …’

‘The latest PTR notes reverted the frostbolt buff that was applied earlier, leaving only a minor single target buff for PvE frost. Maybe Blizzard determined that the 6%-8% PvE buff was too much, but I'm sort of hoping that they figured out a…’

‘Should a arcane mage stack haste or mastery for higher dps? (Pve) If mastery, how much haste do i at least need minimum?’

‘Hey everyone... Just 3 ideas on how the Mage class can become much less squishy and have a few more ways of surviving the extreme damage inflicted by enemy foes (pvp and pve). 2 years ago I would not have bothered making this thread but bec…’

‘There's a serious issue here. Theorycrafters say "NEVER hard-case pyroblast UNLESS it's perfectly timed in the beginning". i.e. waiting for a tank to pull can be wasted in that activity. However, what if you can't have that time. The proble…’

‘Mage (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents) * Frostbolt damage has been increased by 10%. Frost * Fingers of Frost bonus damage applied to Ice Lance has been increased to 25%, up from 15%.’

‘how set cooldown of "Presence of Mind" and Mana Gem to notice me when those spells are available for use ok found how to set Mana Gem so now only need help with "presence of mind"’

‘Hello fellow mages. As you all know arcane is considered the least viable pvp spec of mages. Lately I respecced to try it out in pvp and I made this video to show you what you can expect from arcane in pvp (not against all classes ofc) http…’

‘Rawr was huge help for me during wotlk, but recently it has started to give me odd info of what I should do to increase my dps... For and example it keeps showing odd reforges such as Crit -> Hit Today I tried the newest version and I used …’

‘Just reading about crit being devalued for Fire Mage due to ignite muching. Has there been any indication of this being fixed or is it a fundamental problem that will stay. Since there will be no ignite procs of periodic damage in 4.1, will…’

‘well as a mage you got a fair chance against almost any class only problem I seem to have is against those 3 shot uncounterable hunters? In world pvp when I come across a hunter and there is no chance to kite them they just blow me away in …’

‘Which is the best race for PVP on the alliance side? I’ve searched through the forum but I didn’t find any Topic as specific. Shadowmeld+food/water works fine in arenas? I thank any suggestion!’

‘Anyone else thinks its a bit stupid to make an encounter that requires you to DoT yourself and than have 1 spec not have any DoTs avaialble?’

‘Hey mages, ive js decided to start playing my mage again and been running through hcs etc to gear up ive not played fire before and i am loving it, its awesome only problem is when fighting multiple mobs trying to keep living bomb up on 3 t…’

‘So, today i was doing some arenas with my partner, Shaman resto and guess what, we have to face a Warrior and another shaman resto. At first, me and my partner try to keep cc on the other shaman so to try to kill the warrior but nothing, it…’

‘A popular topic for polymorph. You re saying poly is useless. 8sec + 4sec + 2sec = 14sec. If call a 14sec CC...... You will say they remove the first Poly with trinket. But then you have 4sec + 2sec = 6sec poly. Also you have a great silenc…’

‘http://www.thedailyblink.com/2011/03/mages-get-a-slight-buff-in-4-1/ Lol funniest thing I have ever seen. On a more serious note tho , this is how blizz goes about "nerf" a mage by buffing their not so weaker , weaker spells and by nerfing …’

‘http://www.thedailyblink.com/2011/03/mages-get-a-slight-buff-in-4-1/’